Directed by:
Claude ChabrolScreenplay:
Claude ChabrolCinematography:
Jean RabierCast:
Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, François Périer, Jean Carmet, Henri Attal, Clelia Matania, Roger Lumont, Dominique Zardi, Marina Ninchi, Daniel Lecourtois (more)Plots(1)
Charles Masson, an advertising executive, is having an affair with Laura, the wife of his best friend, the architect François Tellier. Charles strangles Laura when one of their S&M games goes too far. Dazed, Charles walks out of the borrowed apartment in Paris and soon bumps into François in a nearby bistro. They drive back together to Versailles, where they have beautiful neighboring houses designed by François. The owner of the apartment had seen Laura and Charles together two months earlier, but she does not tell the police on the advice of François. Even though the police do not seem to have any clues to the crime, Charles has a difficult time coping with the situation, and trying to live a normal life with his two children and loving wife Hélène. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Stéphane Audran
France
Best movies:
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
The Cousins (1959)
Sign of the Lion (1962)
Michel Bouquet
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
Les Misérables (1982)
This Special Friendship (1964)
François Périer
France
Best movies:
The Creation of the World (1957)
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Jean Carmet
France
Best movies:
My Mother's Castle (1990)
Les Misérables (1982)
The Fighting Musketeers (1961)
Henri Attal
France
Best movies:
Animal (1977)
Fantomas (1964)
My New Partner (1984)
Clelia Matania
UK
Best movies:
Quo Vadis (1951)
War and Peace (1956)
The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)
Roger Lumont
France
Best movies:
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
Asterix vs. Caesar (1985)
Love and Death (1975)
Dominique Zardi
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
Two Men in Town (1973)
Fantomas (1964)
Marina Ninchi
Italy
Best movies:
Il papa buono (2003) (TV movie)
Sparrow (1993)
Just Before Nightfall (1971)
Daniel Lecourtois
France
Best movies:
Fantomas (1964)
Jury of One (1974)
The Train (1964)
Dominique Marcas
France
Best movies:
The Bohemian Life (1992)
L'Appel du destin (1953)
The Exchange Student (1967)
Gilbert Servien
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967)
Dirty Hands (1975)
Marcel Gassouk
France
Best movies:
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Holy Year (1976)
The Common Man (1975)
Anna Douking
Best movies:
Distracted (1970)
Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
Just Before Nightfall (1971)
Jean-Marie Arnoux
Best movies:
Order of the Daisy (1967)
The Cousins (1959)
Sign of the Lion (1962)
Celia
Best movies:
Mad Love (1969)
Just Before Nightfall (1971)
Paul Temps
Best movies:
Children of Paradise (1945)
The Big Swag (1965)
The Lower Depths (1936)
Michel Duchaussoy
France
Best movies:
L'Allée du roi (1996) (series)
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
The Longest Day (1962)